NVIDIA Quadro GV100 vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro GV100 and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA Quadro GV100

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro GV100

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1132 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 45% better floating-point performance: 14,817 gflops vs 2x 5,120 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 580 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2x 8 GB

Launch date	27 March 2018 vs 3 September 2015
Core clock speed	1132 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	14,817 gflops vs 2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 580 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 2x 8 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

4.7x more texture fill rate: 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 463.0 GTexel / s
3.2x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1696 MHz

Texture fill rate	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 463.0 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1696 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro GV100
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro GV100	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	19824
PassMark - G2D Mark	848
Geekbench - OpenCL	143963
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	562.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	141.066
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1964.377
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	19663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	19663
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.128

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro GV100	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Volta	GCN 2.0
Code name	GV100	Grenada
Launch date	27 March 2018	3 September 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$8,999	$1,399
Place in performance rating	93	262
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1628 MHz
Core clock speed	1132 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	14,817 gflops	2x 5,120 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	5120	2x 2560
Texture fill rate	463.0 GTexel / s	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	21,100 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth	870.4 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1696 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5